Methodology on Identifying Fatal Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes That Occurred on Native American Reservations In the United States

This research note presents a new methodology to identify motor vehicle crashes on Native American reservations by using the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) special jurisdiction element and the derived Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) element from the geospatial software. In 2016 there were 380 motor vehicle fatalities that occurred on Native American reservations based on this new methodology, as compared to 298 fatalities reported in FARS and 321 fatalities identified from BIA.

• Record URL:
  • https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812475
• Corporate Authors:

  National Center for Statistics and Analysis

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Stewart, T
  • Longthorne, A
• Publication Date: 2018-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 5p
• Serial:
  • Traffic Safety Facts - Research Note
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fatalities; Highway safety; Indian reservations; Methodology; Native Americans; Trend (Statistics)
• Candidate Terms: Geospatial analysis
• Identifier Terms: Fatality Analysis Reporting System; U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01662835
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 812 475
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 16 2018 9:53AM